Racism

By Jared L. Olar Local History Program Coordinator The decade of the Sixties was...

As Pekin’s Bicentennial Year continues and we now find ourselves in Black History Month,...

Ongoing research into the family of Nance Legins-Costley (1813-1892) has recently uncovered additional information...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Last week in this column, we surveyed the African-American...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Continuing our review of what historical records can tell...

By Jared Olar Library assistant It’s on the logo of the Pekin Police Department...

Here’s a chance to read one of our old Local History Room columns, first...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Pekin Daily Times owner and publisher F. F. McNaughton...